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Chapter 7 Part 1 The Search Begins!
Hey there! I know this may sound weird but Merry Christmas! I hope you like it! (I know that's kind of late too) I wanted to get this done before Christmas but that didn't happen. I hope that this year will be better than last year (cuz last year sucked! Broke up with b/f, then get dumped by another, the break up with my last b/f because I felt uncomfortable with it...) Small world we live in don't you think?
Well anyways enough of my blabbing and let the reading begin!
!!!!WARNING!!!! THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO READ ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I SUGGEST YOU CLOSE OUT OF THIS STORY AND READ SOMETHING ELSE OR SKIP THE PART (I'll let you know when it comes)!!!!
Disclaimer: I know I'm so bad for not always saying 'oh yea by the way I don't own Naruto' when you should already know I don't own it. But I'll do it just to make you people happy. I DO NOT own Naruto and its characters but I do own this story and everything that happens in it. There happy? I hope so...
'Thoughts,' "Spoken words", WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON! Now on with the chapter!!
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Chapter 7 The Search Begins!
"What do you mean shes gone!? I thought you tightened the guard around our boundaries!?" Temari asked panicked.
"Temari. That is enough. Gaara has done what he could while Sakura was doing her duty here. Gaara, lets go search for her." Kankuro suggested but Gaara remained silent, his back facing them.
"(Sigh) Hes right. We have to go look for her. That is the best idea at this point in time. Who ever took her can't have gone too far…" Temari said finally giving in. Gaara turned to them his eyes narrowed in angered slits. They looked at one another and took a step back in fear. His eyes glazed over from his natural alluring jade eyes to a blackened gold color until finally settling on one eye jade and the other…a menacing blacken gold.
"When I find who took her...They will not be able to cry for their mother when I'm threw with them! You two wait by the gates of Suna. I will go inform the counsel men of what has happened and what I plan to do about this...They will not be able to survive my wrath.." Gaara ordered just before he disappeared in a wisp of sand. Temari and Kankuro exchanged glances before running out the hospital door and to the gate. After leaving the hospital completely enraged, Gaara appeared before all the counsel men with a cloud of sand dispersing behind him. The one that spoke to Sakura and Gaara, who goes by the name Drake, stood now his face stern and commanding.
"My lord Kazekage, why are you here this late at night?" He asked. Marissa, who sat at the end of the table, gasped and smiled.
'I knew he would come back. No one says no to me!' She thought over-confidently.
"Sakura has been kidnapped." Gaara said his voice coming out forced. Marissa's smile dropped.
"Dr. Haruno!? Kidnapped!?" Drake questioned.
"Yes and I'm going to go find her."
'(Gasp) NO! He can't!' She thought as she ran to him and grabbed him around his torso. Everyone stared at the sight.
"No! You can't go!" Marissa cried.
"And why not!? Who are you to tell me what I can or can't do!? I can go wherever the HELL I WANT! AND I AM GOING TO GET SAKURA BACK! NOW GET," Gaara roared unclenching her hands from his body and pushing her away from him, glaring at her with hatred and anger in his eyes, "THE FUCK OFF ME! Last time I was told YOU AREN'T MY WIFE! NOR will you ever be! I'D RATHER EAT MY OWN HEART THAN MARRY A BITCH WITH AN ATTITUDE WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHEN TO SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Gaara yelled disappearing before everyone's own eyes. Whimpering on the floor, she looked away from the counsel and tired to calm herself down.
'That was really scary...I never thought he could be so...mean! I guess my cousin was right. By accepting to marry him, its going to be really hard to be with someone who scares you...'
"Now do you see why you would not make a suitable wife for Gaara?" Drake said, his voice cold and calculating. Marissa looked up at him and glared.
"I still don't see. Why is it that he won't give me a chance?" Marissa whined. Then the door busted open.
"Because he does not love you. Nor will he ever love you." A voice strong and ruling roared out above the others. Everyone turn to the man that stood in the doorway.
"Michal! Your back!" the counsel man walked up to the man in the doorway and gave him a giant hug in welcoming.
"Hello there Drake. It's good to be out of the hospital. Thank to Dr. Haruno, Sakura-chan, I should say." Michal told Drake moving aside to allow the others to come inside. After a heart-warming welcome all the members, except Michal and Drake, went and sat down in their place. Michal then shot a glance at Marissa and turned to her.
"You will never be his wife. Face that fact my dear. As much as you may think or plan to get him you won't. His heart is already taken, though he does not know no recognize it." Michal said sternly. Marissa stared at him her mouth gapping wide open. Then she stood up, cleared her throat and glared at him while clenching her jaw.
"And why do you say that of all things to say? Sir, I don't think you understand..." Marissa spoke raising a hand but he interrupted her in mid-sentence.
"My dear, your fool- hearted if you really, truly, honestly think that we would let you come over and make arrangements for a wedding? A wedding that's not going to even be brought up until the end of this month. Now my dear, if you wish to stay, you may, I have nothing to hide in what I am about to say to my fellow counsel men. If you want to leave, go ahead, no one is going to stop you." He said with a twinkle in his eyes. Outraged and offended, Marissa walked back to her seat with a pout on her face and folded her arms. Smiling at her, he turned to the other members.
"We seem to have both a problem and a solution. Our problem is the fact that Dr. Haruno has been kidnapped, by who, we don't know as of yet. But she may be our solution to the 'marriage' problem that we are faced with not now but soon." He smiled the twinkle back in his eyes. Drake smiled and guessed what Michal was suggesting.
"Now we all realize how stubborn Gaara-sama is. Now some of us who are just coming back can say that she is a gentle soul. Daniel, too, will probably agree with us as well. Temari and Kankuro will also agree too, mostly Temari. Now with us all back together, I suggest that we put Dr. Haruno Sakura as Gaara's Bride candidate, should he not choose by the end of this month." He said still smiling. Drake nodded, he was right. A great murmur among the whole counsel began to stir with almost everyone nodding in approval. The only one who wasn't nodding, was Marissa.
"I don't like it...Father told me that I would be his wife...And now my chance is being taken over by some...nobody! I want to meet her first before we make this official." She said slamming her hand on the table. Michal nodded.
"Very Well Marissa. We will not make this decision official amongst us until you meet Sakura-chan. But I warn you, you speak one word of this counsel and this decision in front of Gaara and we will happily send you right back to your father. Mark my words. I don't make bluffs." He said with tension and truth in his voice. She nodded and walked out without another word. Michal and Drake shook their heads. Drake walked over to Michal and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"That girl is going to be nothing but trouble for Haruno-san and for us." Everyone nodded whole-heartedly in agreement.
"Yes, I know that's why were going to make it official whether she likes Sakura-chan or not." He said his smile back on his face and his twinkle his eyes once more.
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Appearing before Temari and Kankuro, his face was clearly plastered in rage. His eyes were in slits and his hair seemed to be a darker shade of red: blood red. Temari and Kankuro exchanged scared looks at each other then watched as Gaara walked passed them then stopped.
"We've got to find her...and fast..." He said mostly to himself then lowered his head. Temari walked by him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry Gaara, we'll find her. She'll be fine. Shes a tough girl; headstrong and stubborn. She'll be alright." She said smiling gently at him. He looked at her and sighed.
'I hope your right...' he thought. "We should be going..." Was all he replied and ran off pass the Suna village boundaries and into the woods with Temari and Kankuro following close behind. While they sped through the woods, all that was on their mind was finding Sakura. Meanwhile, on the other side of the woods, Kakashi and his team sped through the woods on their way to Suna. All of a sudden, Gaara stopped running making Temari and Kankuro run into him. Glaring at them, he looked in all directions for some clue as to whose charka he felt.
"Whats wrong Gaara?" Temari asked.
"Someone is running in this forest close by... and heading for Suna! Come on! We can meet them before they reach the gates!" Gaara said heading off quickly in the direction of Suna, the same way they came. Kakashi kept his eyes and ears wide open for anything that might signal an invader or enemy. Then he heard it before he saw it. He heard a faint gust of wind then someone with blood red hair, jade eyes and the kanji 'love' on his forehead, his arms crossed across his chest, his usual glare plastered on his face. Them in a moments time, his two other siblings: a girl with blond hair in 4 pigtails with a giant fan strapped across her back and a boy with black hair and a purple tattoo all over his face. Kakashi stopped before the three children and smiled, his team soon followed his example and stopped to greet the fellow allies and old enemies.
"Gaara is that you!? Man I haven't seen you since the Chunnin exams!" Yelled an obnoxious blond hair boy that came from behind Kakashi with a huge grin on his face. As much as Gaara didn't like loud noises, he dealt with it, during this dangerous point in time.
"It's a good thing we meet up with you guys. Something terrible happened in Suna!" Temari exclaimed. Gaara let his arms fall to his sides as he lowered his head, his hair covering his eyes and face. Naruto looked from Temari to Gaara and knew instantly that Sakura was gone. That something horrible happened to her. His smile disappeared as did Kakashi's when it finally hit him as to what happened.
"Wheres Sakura? What happened to Sakura?" Naruto asked calmly. Kakashi remained silent as did the others.
"She was kidnapped...either by Sasuke or Itachi. Unfortunately, we don't know which one but we do think that it was Itachi. When we found her gone, We looked for clues, any clues that could bring us closer to finding who took Sakura. And well...We found traces of footprints too big to be Sasuke's. So we were going to go look for Itachi's hideout. Then Gaara sensed your chakras and that's when we met up with you guys." She finished explaining. Gaara and Kakashi remained silent. The Kakashi spoke, breaking the long silence between him and Gaara.
"Well then we should split up into 3 people groups. Hinata you go with Shikamaru and Temari. Neji you go with Kankuro and Rock Lee. Tenten you go with Kiba and Ino. Naruto your coming with me and Gaara. Now if anyone hears anything we all go straight for it and call to the other teams or send someone behind or leave a signal for the others so that they know which way to follow. Is that a good plan?" Kakashi asked looking at every face around him. Gaara still remain silent. Kakashi smiled and nodded. They're last encounter was not a very pleasant one and with the Hokage entrusting Sakura to him...he must have felt ashamed for all this to be happening. When all the groups split away from them, Kakashi turned to Gaara.
"Why wasn't Sakura protected?" Kakashi asked sternly. Naruto looked from Kakashi to Gaara in silence. He too was curious as to why Gaara would have let his guard duties down.
"She insisted on not being protected. I sent Temari in my stead since the counsel insisted that I take the meeting they planned... Temari too was sent away, as was Kankuro."
"So in other words, she chose to be alone?" Kakashi asked. Naruto shook his head, a smile on his face. He knew how stubborn Sakura was about protecting her own self and how she hated people trying to protect her. She had told him one day that it was her life not theirs and she needed to protect that life while they protect their own lives. 'After all,' She said, 'No life is all fun and games.'
"Yes, I was dealing with a certain...annoying situation, when Kankuro ran in and said that there were signs that boy or man with black and a sharingan eye. That's when I went to talk to the guards and then it hit me. I ran to the hospital and found Sakura gone and then after figuring out what we were going to do, we came out here and found all of you..." Gaara finished looking straight up at Kakashi, eye to eye. Naruto cleared his throat and stood between them.
"Well, we won't be able to find Sakura by just standing here glaring at one another. Lets get moving. And if were going to be on a team we have to cooperate like one. I know you don't approve of Gaara since he tried to kill Sakura and Sasuke and Gaara I know him questioning you about your protecting skills ticks you off, but we just need to put that aside. Gaara is the Kazekage, that means that he has other duties as well, Kakashi-sensai. Who is to say that he didn't protect her at home? Kakashi you know how stubborn Sakura can be who is to say that she refused protection and wanted to go off to her work and not "burden" people with her being there? You and me can't because we don't know. You just have to trust one another and begin our search. Sakura is our main priority right now not our stupid arguments." Naruto reasoned. Kakashi sighed and scratched his head and Gaara lowered his glare.
"Fine lets get started." Kakashi said. The other two nodded and they all ran off in the next direction with Gaara leaving a trail of sand behind them as they began their part of the search for the lovely pink haired Kunoichi.
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Her body shivered when she slowly came out of unconsciousness. Though she was still half way conscious, she tried to open her eyes but the light in the area she was in was much too bright for her comfort. The next time she tried to move something was her hands but...she soon realized that they were bound. Her eyes snapped open in fear: looking around the area she found herself in a metal looking room with bright white lights on the ceiling and not a door in sight. Her fear escalated.
Moving her hands and feet, which were also bound as well, she slowly sat herself upright looking for some clue as to where she was and who brought her there. Then she heard a small click noise come from the wall furthest from her, the wall straight ahead of her. Then with a fast whoshing sound of the air pressure of both inside and outside the room colliding, a tall man with long black hair tied neatly behind his head at the nape of his neck. His eyes shown a deep blood red with 3 black dots in them, his eyes were very familiar to her, the sharingan eye. She gasped.
'Itachi!' He smiled and closed the door behind him then walked closer to where she sat.
"Well now that you've finally woken up and we can skip the intros since you already know who I am. Once he realizes you're gone that little monster should be on his way..."
"He is NOT a monster! He is gentle and kind! All you want him for is that stupid demon inside him! You...you bastard!" She yelled finding her voice once more.
"Now, now, now, that kind of language should not be spoken from a beautiful lady like yourself. I shall have fun watching him cringe in pain while I make you watch me tear him apart!"
"You won't be able to lay a finger on him! I'll kill you myself if you touch him you snake eyed bastard! Jack off and leave me the HELL alone!" She screamed even louder. This ticked him off at her loud mouth behavior. She was proving to be more difficult than he thought. Something would just have to be done about it. And he knew just what to do about it. He leaned towards her, their faces only a few spaces apart. He smiled mincingly.
"Do you really think that your petty insults will offend me? Ha, you are quite an entertaining girl, has anyone ever told you that? I'm sure my pathetic brother left you no doubt, what a waste. Your such a pretty girl." He said stroking her cheek. In return, she bit his hand fiercely leaving teeth marks in his skin which he closely examined when he got his hand back from her mouth.
"You bitch!" He yelled angered his hand coming into contact very harshly with her face. Shocked her face remained in that spot but not for long. She quickly turned her head and glared at Itachi with hatred in her eyes.
"Look like we'll just have to break you. Break your spirit that is. Heh, I hope you enjoy yourself." He said pushing her back to the floor and pulling a knife from inside his cloak. She gasped wide eyed looking from the knife to his face then to the knife again. His smile, still mincingly, grew wider and with one quick flick of his wrist, the knife swiftly cut the ropes around her legs and, none too gently, placed them hard on the cold metal floor.
"Won't it be great to tell that monster that you lost your virginity to someone like me? Gosh, what an awfully grand thing to think about while I break you inside out!" He said as he forcefully placed her hands above her head and chuckled evilly.
"How should I begin this delightful dance? I know why don't I start from top to bottom. How does that sound, love?" He asked her licking her cheek, his saliva disgustingly sticky on her face. She turned away from him. With the knife still in his hands, he cut several parts of her top to shreds then ripped the whole thing off leaving her in nothing but her bra, and pants. 'Fortunately,' she thought, 'I still have my pants on.'
"Soon those won't be on you anymore..." he whispered in her ear, as if reading her mind, still cutting what was left of her shirt that laid underneath her body. A small squeak escaped her lips. Fumbling with her bra, he quickly unsnapped it and flung it to the other side of the room leaving her chest completely bare and a wide open target for people like Itachi to take pleasure to them. He turned back from a scold when he flung the bra to a huge smile that went from ear to ear.
"Such a pair of beauties," He said nuzzling both of them with his cheeks, "all nice and alert, just waiting for someone to fondle and play with them." He said licking eagerly on her left breast. Her breath caught in her throat and gasped with clear distaste. Ignoring her clear discomfort, he put his whole mouth around her alert nipple and began sucking hard on it and pulling it upwards as he sucked on it. Biting down on her nipple, she let out a faint whine that pleased him greatly. He wanted to make her scream...in agony. He wanted to see her collapse and break in pain. He leaned down to her ear after letting go of her nipple.
"I'm going to make you scream...And when I'm through with you...theres no telling who will come next to take control of you. After all, why waste a beauty on such a monster." She looked straight into his eyes to find something she feared most, lust, a great and nasty lust.
"You can fuckin' go to HELL!! I don't give a shit who the hell you or your men think they are, but I'm not a doll. And you fucking better get that straight in your think, disgusting skull!" She yelled slamming her head against his, making him move away from her body holding his head in pain.
"You bitch...you'll pay dearly for that...and I was planning on going gently on you. Heh, well if this is what I get for being gentle...FINE!!" He said infuriated slamming his body on top of her. She felt a slowly growing mound against her legs and gasped.
"Not so high and might are you? We'll just see how mighty you are when I get through with you..."He said stripping her of her pants and underwear, leaving her completely naked in front of him. He laid back on top of her.
"Now, love, I'm going to cut the ropes on your hands. And you will do as I tell you, or else I'll kill you unmercifully. Got it?" He told her warningly. Slowly she nodded unwillingly but forced. The longer he stayed in this room the more she wanted to get out of here. It was better to get it over and done with then for it to take forever and him stay in here, driving her to insanity. He took the knife that he had dropped on the floor when she slammed against his head and cut the thick ropes around her wrists.
"Now...undress me." He said his voice hoarse and rough. Quietly, she moved her small hands to his shoulders and brushed off his cloak then moved down to the bottom of his shirt and pulled it up past his head and onto the floor and then...a faint blush rose to her cheeks.
"Heh aw such modesty...Well your going too slow!" He said pushing her back to the floor as he began to strip himself of his pants and boxers leaving him dangerously naked in front of her with his penis alert and hungry for some fun. Placing his hand forcefully on her stomach and used his legs to spread her legs wide open. She squirmed underneath him but he didn't let up, all he did was smile wickedly at her saying nothing.
Placing his erected member at the opening of her vagina, she squirmed even more, but his firm calloused hand kept her in place and suddenly she became very frightened. She had fussed and argued with the wrong person and this was payback and she knew it. She was trembling with fear. Then placing the head of his member inside, he pushed inward none too gently and harshly kept going in more and more, receiving several winces and whimpers from Sakura, tears clouded her eyes but she refused to let them come out. Then in one swift motion he pushed his manhood all the way in making her scream in pain.
She felt like she was being ripped apart inside out just like he said and it scared her even more. The pain felt like none she had ever felt in her whole life. All she wanted to do was curl up in a corner and cry, but she couldn't and she knew that. Then he leaned down his hot breath on her ears.
"Is this how you like it?" Itachi asked greedily not waiting for her to adjust to the pain and began to rock in a fast rhythm. She closed her eyes in agony, waiting, hoping and praying that the pain would end soon. As he kept going he began to climb higher and higher to his climax. And once he was just around there... he took his member out roughly and came; his seed spilling all over her naked, torn, sad body. Smiling, he removed his body and got dressed forgetting all about his robe.
"Well that should teach you about yelling at me! That should teach you about obedience." He said as he turned and left the room leaving her completely alone.
"Heh...obedience my ass...I've got to find a way out of here and get back to Suna..." She said out loud to herself. Sitting up slowly, the pain between her legs grew worse and she winced but she had to get up...and get dressed. Slowly trying to adjust to the pain, she crawled on the floor and grabbed her bra, underwear and pants and Itachi's robe, wiping the sperm on her body away with her torn shirt, she got dressed and slowly stood up looking around the room for someway to get out.
"Aha! Found my ticket out of here!" She said walking over to the air vent hidden well inside the grey metal walls. She pulled on the screen of the vent but it wouldn't budge. She sighed in frustration and looked around fro something to somehow get the screen out. Then she saw the knife, the one that threatened her life and tore her shirt. Grabbing the knife, she walked over to the vent again ignoring the uneasy pain between her legs. Placing the blade in the side of the screen and pushing with as much strength as she had left in her tiny body.
Finally, the screen came lose and she looked around for a chair and found that and a table on the other side of the room. Quickly, she pulled the chair over to the vent and climbed in. At first, it was hard for her to see but with the cold pipe line beneath and around her, she quickly adjusted to the dark. Crawling forward she made sure she made no sound as she kept crawling looking for some way out. And as if someone was looking out for her, she found that one of the pipes lead to an outside vent. Looking outside, she saw that, wherever she was, it was surrounded by woods, or at least from what she saw. Crawling a little further, half of her body was out and half was inside making it a very uncomfortable imprint on her stomach. She quickly made hand signs for her shadow clone jutsu making 3 clones in all.
"One of you needs to go back to my room. If Itachi comes back he'll be outraged to find me gone. Maybe with him thinking that I'm there, I might get a bit further than I'm expecting I will. The other two hold onto something then grab the other's legs and I'll grab onto your legs. We have to do this quickly. And hide that screen from the vent some where. If he finds it, he'll know that I've escaped. Now go!" She finished handing out orders as she and her doppelgangers got to work. As Sakura lowered herself to the ground the other one headed to the room where Itachi appallingly raped her. Letting go of her shadow doppelganger's legs she felt the ground firm beneath her feet and she couldn't help but smile.
"Well I better get going." She whispered placing her hands on her hips before turning away and walking quickly through the woods. She didn't know which way she was going but she kept walking hoping to find someone besides Itachi. After she felt like she had been walking for hours, she began to feel tired but she kept going. She couldn't stop not with the possibility that Itachi could somehow find her and that was not what she wanted. She wanted anything but him again...She wanted Gaara. She wanted to be close to him again. Then the wave finally hit her. She fell to the ground crying, tears falling down her cheeks, sobs unmercifully tearing at her already torn body.
'Hello!?! Does the name Itachi Uchiha ring a bell? If your just going to stay here and cry about what you couldn't stop, then we should have never left. Get your act together and lets get going!' she shuddered at just the thought of his name then she slowed her sobs trying to get a grip on herself and her emotions. Crying wasn't going to help her at this point in time. She looked up at the sky. The moon was at its height and it gave her comfort to have some light in the dark forest around her. Looking around her, she pulled the cloak closer around her and continued watching. Sooner or later Itachi will find out that she escaped her temporary prison and she ran away as fast as she can. Which isn't very fast. Then...she turned around hearing a bush rustle and a twig break. When she turned back around who else stood in front of her with an evil smile...was Itachi.
She quickly turned and started to run away from the smiling Itachi, her breathing coming in light gasps...then yet again he was in front of her, taunting her. Finally after playing around with her longer than he wished, he grabbed her and quickly tied her hands while someone else she didn't know tied her legs together.
'Shes scared, theres no need for a gag. That's good. She should be scared.' He thought as he grabbed her and flung her over his shoulder, he and his men began to walk back to her 'prison.' Then reality hit her. She was in for the worst and that thought gave her strength. She breathed in deeply and gave the loudest, high pitched, severe scream ever to erupt from such a small person's body. Her screaming continued till Itachi dropped her on the forest floor and cupped his hand over her mouth, cutting off her scream just as it was beginning to tear at her lungs.
"You bitch!" He yelled slapping her harshly. "You should have kept quiet! One you break out then you scream when we take you back!? You know you sure do like to make things difficult for your own damn self." He said with a smile. Sniffling a gasp, he stuffed a piece of cloth in her mouth cutting her short of any smart remarks she had for him. Then he picked her back up and flung her over his shoulder (again) and they all continued back to the lair (again).
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A scream pieced the skies. Everyone stopped moving and listened to the scream. In each team they exchanged glances then went towards the sound knowing the other heard it too and would go after it as well. Gaara and Naruto both looked at Kakashi and whispered,
"Sakura," at the same time. Then they zoomed off later meeting all together with the others.
"Did you hear that scream? I'm sure it was Billboard brow. Its got to be. We used to have screaming contests against each other and she would always have the highest pitched scream. I would know that scream anywhere..." Ino whispered to Ten-ten. She nodded in agreement. With Gaara, Naruto and Kakashi in the lead, the others lagged behind and whispered in discomfort and concern.
"Temari...do you think she'll be ok? Gaara must be so scared for her...I know Naruto and Kakashi are..." Hinata said sheepishly to Temari who was running beside her and Shikamaru. He remained silent.
"I hope so...I mean yes Gaara is scared for her but I would feel sympathy for anyone in Gaara's path if anything happens to Sakura." She replied quietly.
"Why?" Temari looked at Hinata and smiled a knowing smile.
"Because, even though you guys may think he doesn't care, but Sakura is really special to him, though he doesn't know it nor realize it yet. She is...more to him than he realizes and if he didn't care he wouldn't have been so upset when we found out she was kidnapped." Temari said with her smile still on her face. Shikamaru shook his head.
"You know there is the possibility that he may just be upset because it was his duty to make sure Sakura didn't get kidnapped." He said calmly. Temari shot a glare at him.
"How could you say that!? Gaara has feelings too you know! His duty is also to his village as Kazekage. I don't see Tsunade-domo working on anything else but paperwork! Well it's the same with Gaara! Hes doing the best he can!" Temari yelled. Naruto and Gaara both heard what Temari said but Gaara looked away. Naruto fell back by them.
"Look Temari, I can vouch for how you feel. After all, Gaara is your little brother and as older sister, you are meant to defend your brother's name and honor. Understandable. But we of the leaf didn't know what was going on nor did we know what happened fully because unlike ya'll, we weren't there. And in the past, Gaara did have some...scary scenes that he and I saw. Naturally, hes going to think the worst. Its better than being completely devastated. Now I know we may have a lead to where Sakura is and ya'll are all anxious but keep your voices down. Gaara is in a foul mood and probably won't stop till he sees Sakura." Naruto said before returning to the front. Gaara took a quick glance at Naruto before looking forward again. Naruto noticed this and smiled.
"We'll find her Gaara don't worry." Naruto reassured Gaara, but he still felt doubtful.
'I should have been there...' he thought solemnly.
'No dip Sherlock! Its your own damn fault!' Shukaku said.
'You don't think I know that already!? Duh of course I know I should have been! I know she could be hurt right now all because of me! I know that somehow this is bothering me more than I'm wanting it to and I have no damn idea why either!' he yelled in his head frustrated that he messed up. Shukaku shook his head.
'Because, boy, your fallen for the little dear. Look as much as you hate it, shes washed some of your sand barrier away. Shes slowly melting the ice around that heart of yours. You don't notice it cause your not used to it.' He reasoned.
'Melt? Fallen for her? I don't see how that's possible...If you haven't noticed, shes a gorgeous, amazing woman...and I'm a monster...' he thought his heart sinking.
'You know, boy, your just as hard-headed as she is stubborn. Look you can keep kicking yourself for what happened or you can hurry and get her back as fast as you can. Shes important. And if we lose her, like I've told you before, I'll make sure you lose your sanity and kill you from the inside out.' He threatened. Gaara remained silent in thoughts and in sound. Naruto glanced at Gaara clearly worried about his friend. Naruto understood in a way that deep down inside, Gaara was being torn apart from the guilt and the pain. He also understood that Sakura was like a sister to him, caring and loving. After Sasuke left her on the bench after knocking her own, it took him weeks before she ever smiled again…But when she did start smiling he vowed to see her always smile and to do everything he could to keep her smiling. He glanced over at Gaara and frowned.
'He needs her…just as she needs him…I just hope they both realize it before its too late…'
As they ran, their minds gave in to pictures of situations that perhaps Sakura could be in, situations where they would have to rescue her. But none of their imaginative images could prepare them for what they were in store. When they finally found the area where the scream lead them, they all stopped. Before them stood a building made of metal and cement with little red clouds all over the building. All remained silent until Naruto broke the silence with a petrified whisper.
"Atasuki..."
TBC
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And there you have it, Chapter 7. You know I want to apologize for why this chapter is so late in being updated. And I can give you one word that will explain most of where my time has been: EXAMS!!!
Stupid teachers are freaking out cuz we have exams this Friday and next Tuesday and Wednesday. (sigh) it sucks being in high school, but anyways. And another reason as to where some of my time has been is that I've been doing dance and well...you know how that can be. Ruthlessly tiresome. And then I didn't know wheither I should have made Chapter 7 continue or just stop half way : ) I decided to stop it half way thanks to my wonderful fanfic author buddy.
Well anyways I hope you enjoy this chapter and I hope to hear from all of you readers. Now I must tell you...I won't be on for a long while, just for a heads up. You see I've been so into my writing that I've sort of...slack in my school work and right now its coming around and biting me in the butt. Really hard too I should say.
Oh and then theres the idea that my ex bf and I (well I am, hes sort of a goody body) are trying to make amends for the past and try to start a future together you know. Start out as it should have been: as friends. And you know what, he misses me isn't that sweet?!?! Well anyways I really should be off to bed its like...10:46 P.M. and I have to wake up at...4 : ) so I'll heave a sigh and say good bye (for now)
Good bye
Tigeret